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United States Patent | 6,085,056 |
Okada | July 4, 2000 |
A toner cartridge is constructed from a container having a discharge opening in its bottom end surface, and a shutter mechanism mounted on the bottom end of the container. In a lower part of the container, at least one partition wall is disposed. The discharge opening of the container is present not entirely in the bottom end surface, but only partly in the surface. To the entire edge of the discharge opening, a wall extending upwardly at an inclination angle .alpha. of at least 45 degrees to the horizontal is connected.
Inventors: | Okada; Mitsuharu (Osaka, JP) |
Assignee: | Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. (JP) |
Appl. No.: | 004099 |
Filed: | January 7, 1998 |
Jan 17, 1997[JP] | 9-005930 | |
Jan 17, 1997[JP] | 9-005931 |
Current U.S. Class: | 399/262; 222/DIG.1 |
Intern'l Class: | G03G 015/08 |
Field of Search: | 399/30,120,262,258,254,256,263 222/DIG. 1 |
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